Return to the Rapido: Company D/F, 81st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Armored Division
by L.E. Anderson
Merriam Press World War II Memoir
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A remarkable memoir of service by a tanker with the 81st Reconnaissance Battalion of the 1st Armored Division, equipped initially with the Light Tank M3 "Stuart" and later the Light Tank M24 "Chaffee".
Covers the unit's service, from pre-war training, through shipment overseas to England, then to Northern Ireland, back to England, then to North Africa, and on to Italy where it ended the war.
Contents
Life in the Homeland
This is the Army
An Irish Summer
Prelude to Peril
Africa and the Arabs
Axis Encounter
Axis Defeat
Rest and Respite
Return to the Rapido
Enemies Become Friends
On to Rome
Pursuit to Pisa
Appennine Winter
Unconditional Surrender
Chronology
250 6x9-inch pages, 8 photos, 6 maps
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